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southside_hitmen · 05-28-2008, 08:32 AM

Great ideas everybody!

I think this is the next big step for OOTP. The ability to have a total baseball universe running was a giant leap forward for OOTP a couple versions ago but it left much to be desired. In the same way as football manager, I think there should be some type of national teams. Players would be able to play for both their club team and national team.

Winter leagues have not been properly implemented since their inception. A player like Miguel Tejada will play for his MLB team, and then go home in the winter and play for his hometown team in his country. Also, MLB teams send some of their players who need development to play in these winter leagues while still maintaing their rights. Having this option woudl help player development. Have a young CF who needs to work on his game, or a player you are going to try and teach a new position? Send him to a winter league to gain some experience before the next season. The White Sox have recently done this with both Brian Anderson and Josh Fields.

Essentially, what I would like to see is a player be able to belong to 3 teams. First, his current club team that owns his rights and pays his salary, etc... Second, a winter league team that a player would be able to play for in his current club teams off-season. Third, the players national team. With the 2nd WBC right around the corner, and the olympics this year, I would expect a growing interest in the international league option. This would also improve historical replays as the winter leagues were a viable option for major leaguers to make more money in the off-season. Cuba had a sprawling winter league before the Castro regime. Football manager even allows for you to be the manager of the internaitonal teams and charges you with the selection of your squad, scheduling exhibition matches, etc...

Finally, the ability to set up a league so that players on particular teams come from a specific region of the country would greatly improve real-world accuracy. Take for instance, Cuba. In Cuba there are 16 teams. These 16 teams each represent the 15 regions of Cuba (The capital has two teams). The players on each of these teams come from their hometown region. So if you were born in a certain region, you play for that provinces team. The data is already there in the cities.txt under the "Region/State" column. If you could set players on specific teams to only come from specific cities or regions, you could greatly enhance the accuracy of the game. This would also work if you were creating a HS or college league and wanted only players from a specific city or region.

The problem with not allowing the above option is that there is no way to create leagues who use this style of player distribution within a larger universe. Sure, I can make an all cuban world and set the different provinces as nations, but I obviously could not then run that league alongside any other league setup. The goal is to have them running in the same universe.

Many have spoken about international leagues already, so I will not expound on them any further except for saying it would definetly appeal to the fictional gamer who could essentially create any type of league he wanted then.

And yes, my vote is for giving us the option to set individual teams foriegner percentages. The world league option proposed above would be a great addition to the OOTP world.

05-28-2008, 08:32 AM	#44 (permalink)
southside_hitmen Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 154	Great ideas everybody! I think this is the next big step for OOTP. The ability to have a total baseball universe running was a giant leap forward for OOTP a couple versions ago but it left much to be desired. In the same way as football manager, I think there should be some type of national teams. Players would be able to play for both their club team and national team. Winter leagues have not been properly implemented since their inception. A player like Miguel Tejada will play for his MLB team, and then go home in the winter and play for his hometown team in his country. Also, MLB teams send some of their players who need development to play in these winter leagues while still maintaing their rights. Having this option woudl help player development. Have a young CF who needs to work on his game, or a player you are going to try and teach a new position? Send him to a winter league to gain some experience before the next season. The White Sox have recently done this with both Brian Anderson and Josh Fields. Essentially, what I would like to see is a player be able to belong to 3 teams. First, his current club team that owns his rights and pays his salary, etc... Second, a winter league team that a player would be able to play for in his current club teams off-season. Third, the players national team. With the 2nd WBC right around the corner, and the olympics this year, I would expect a growing interest in the international league option. This would also improve historical replays as the winter leagues were a viable option for major leaguers to make more money in the off-season. Cuba had a sprawling winter league before the Castro regime. Football manager even allows for you to be the manager of the internaitonal teams and charges you with the selection of your squad, scheduling exhibition matches, etc... Finally, the ability to set up a league so that players on particular teams come from a specific region of the country would greatly improve real-world accuracy. Take for instance, Cuba. In Cuba there are 16 teams. These 16 teams each represent the 15 regions of Cuba (The capital has two teams). The players on each of these teams come from their hometown region. So if you were born in a certain region, you play for that provinces team. The data is already there in the cities.txt under the "Region/State" column. If you could set players on specific teams to only come from specific cities or regions, you could greatly enhance the accuracy of the game. This would also work if you were creating a HS or college league and wanted only players from a specific city or region. The problem with not allowing the above option is that there is no way to create leagues who use this style of player distribution within a larger universe. Sure, I can make an all cuban world and set the different provinces as nations, but I obviously could not then run that league alongside any other league setup. The goal is to have them running in the same universe. Many have spoken about international leagues already, so I will not expound on them any further except for saying it would definetly appeal to the fictional gamer who could essentially create any type of league he wanted then. And yes, my vote is for giving us the option to set individual teams foriegner percentages. The world league option proposed above would be a great addition to the OOTP world. Last edited by southside_hitmen : 05-28-2008 at 08:53 AM.